Park Cannon

State Representative Park Cannon serves the citizens of Georgia’s House District 58, which encompasses a diverse cross-section of 20 neighborhoods within Intown Atlanta. She was awarded the 2021 Legislator of the Year by the National Black Caucus of State Legislators. She currently serves as the Secretary to the Georgia House Democratic Caucus. She is also assigned to the Creative Arts & Entertainment, Ethics, Human Relations & Aging, Insurance, Public and Community Health and Urban Affairs committees. Her legislative efforts focus on reproductive justice issues, such as access to quality health care, housing and education. Rep. Cannon seeks to stop the erosion of affordability for basic needs, which she believes are the foundations of social stability. She also devotes her legislative work to protecting Georgia’s most vulnerable: women and children, the elderly and the LGBTQ+ community. Rep. Cannon attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Hispanic Linguistics and a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics. She also minored in Women’s and Gender Studies. Her Executive Education was completed at the Harvard Kennedy School of…